Joshua 21:8 - Tree of Life Version

⁸ So Bnei-Yisrael gave by lot to the Levites these towns with their pastures, as Adonai had commanded through Moses.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ The Israelites gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasturelands (suburbs), as the Lord commanded through Moses.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses.

Common English Bible

⁸ So the Israelites gave these cities and their pasturelands to the Levites by lot, exactly as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And so the sons of Israel gave cities and their suburbs to the Levites, just as the Lord instructed by the hand of Moses, distributing to each by lot.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, giving to every one by lot.

Joshua 21:8 Cross References

Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi are brothers, instruments of violence are their knives.

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger for it was strong and their rage for it was cruel— I will disperse them in Jacob, I will scatter them in Israel.

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap, but their very decision is from Adonai.

Proverbs 18:18

Casting lots ends quarrels and decides between mighty opponents.

Numbers 32:2

So the sons of Reuben and Gad came and said to Moses, Eleazar the kohen, and the princes of the community saying,

Numbers 33:54

“You are to divide the land by lot according to your families. To the large, make their inheritance larger, and to the small, make their inheritance smaller. Whatever comes out of the lot will be theirs. You are to distribute the inheritance according to your ancestral tribes.

Numbers 35:3

Thus they will have cities to live in and pastures for their cattle, flocks and all their livestock.

Joshua 18:6

After you have described the seven portions of land, bring the description here to me. Then I will cast lots for you here before Adonai our God.

Joshua 21:3

So Bnei-Yisrael gave to the Levites from their inheritance, according to the command of Adonai, these towns and their pastures:

Joshua 21:7

The children of Merari according to their clans received 12 towns from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the tribe of Zebulun.

Joshua 21:9

They gave from the tribe of the children of Judah and from the tribe of the children of Simeon these towns which are here mentioned by name.